Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 12th of July.
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🚨 Crime
An ICE official told a Maryland federal court on Thursday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador native charged with human smuggling after a Tennessee traffic stop, could be deported to Mexico or South Sudan if released—while his lawyers requested that he be sent to Maryland to defend himself as court hearings on his detention and deportation have continued.
The family of former DC officer Carlton Herndon said on Friday he died on Monday when he was struck near Missouri Avenue while trying to cross Route 301 by a truck driven by off-duty officer Anthony Coleman—police said speed and alcohol were factors and Coleman is suspended pending investigation.
Bishop-elect Kenneth Moales Jr. said he did not press charges after a teenager attacked him and tried to steal his car during a brief carjacking—he added the incident showed a deeper spiritual emergency among youth that will lead him to change his ministry.
A Prince George’s County funeral company owner was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday for fatally shooting pallbearer Ronald Banks during the burial service of 10-year-old Ariana Davis on June 6—state’s attorney Tara Jackson said the incident stemmed from a longstanding business dispute.
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